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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 911 W: 93 N: 1290]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (5584) | It's not often that I can add the 'food' category in my pictures...although I love it:).
These days I am in the mood for light things (food and the rest), so here a simple image of two little girls enjoying their ice creams. Somehow I do find the whole as a bit of an old-fashioned look, especially the one on the left, reminds me of my young days...
I thought of getting rid of those legs above in the frame but it did not look good, so I hope you will like it enough as it is. The sun was strong and bright and I've tried to enhance that in the b/w.
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Originally a small hamlet of 10 families in 1810, it was the arrival of the first train on the Paris-Calais line to at Wimille-Wimereux in 1867 which signalled the beginnings of the significant growth of this community. By 1914, Wimereux had 50 Hotels and Pensions and 800 Villas. At the end of the war the development continued right up to 1920. In the 30’s the English clientele fell off but they were replaced by the locals who had come to love this delightful resort.
Although the Casino and many of the hotels and villas were destroyed in the Second World War, the reconstruction of Wimereux, slowly took place and the construction of its magnificent ‘Dig Espace’, featuring exhibitions of paintings by local artists, on the promenade in 1927 represented the highlight of these developments. Today, it is, as I told a few times before, a lovely resort that I can recommend warmly. |
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